On Wednesday, April 29, Collin College is celebrating the graduation of its 100th fire academy class with a dedication to program director Pat McAuliff.
Throughout the 100 classes, Collin College has graduated 2,157 firefighters. Each class has been overseen by McAuliff, who led the Texas Commission on Fire Protection for 36 years and developed curriculum and testing for 29 fire service professional qualifications in Texas.
The ceremony is located at Collin College Public Safety Training Center (PSTC), 3600 Redbud Blvd., McKinney, Texas. The dedication will begin at 4:45 p.m., followed by the graduation at 6:30 p.m.
Note: The event was originally slated for Tuesday, April 28, but was rescheduled due to potentially bad weather.
